Ecuador: Floods + Earthquake - March 2023 DREF Final Report MDREC021

2024-05-09T08:19+0200humanitarianresponse (en)

Description of the Event. Date of event. 2023-03-20. What happened, where and when? Rainy season: According to the National Regional Study of the El Niño Phenomenon (ERFEN, by its initials in Spanish) Committee, abnormal warming was observed in the Ecuador ian Sea and on the northern coast of Peru....

Ecuador: Floods and Earthquakes – March 2023 DREF Final Report MDREC021 – Ecuador

2024-05-09T04:34+0200exbulletin (en)

Earthquake: On March 18, 2023, in the Gulf of Guayaquil, a seismic event with a magnitude of 6.64 Mw, a depth of 63.1 km, and a total of 72 aftershocks ranging between 2.1 and 4.6 MeV was recorded. Although the main epicenter and aftershocks were in the province of Guayas, the main damage was....

Ecuador: Floods + Earthquake - March 2023 DREF Final Report MDREC021

2024-05-09T02:45+0200reliefWeb (en)

Description of the Event. Date of event. 2023-03-20. What happened, where and when? Rainy season: According to the National Regional Study of the El Niño Phenomenon (ERFEN, by its initials in Spanish) Committee, abnormal warming was observed in the Ecuador ian Sea and on the northern coast of Peru....

Sustainability, Vol. 16, Pages 3918: The Collapse of the Vaults of the Ambato Matriz Church in the 1949 Earthquake: A Response with a Technical Approach

2024-05-08T08:26+0200mdpi (en)

This research examines the structural behavior of the central vault of the Matriz church that collapsed during the 1949 earthquake in Ambato, Ecuador . Following the disaster, the church and Episcopal Palace were demolished. The central vault lacked buttresses and had large cracks two years before the collapse.

Significant Volcanic Eruptions 4360 BC to AD 2023 Poster

2024-05-07T15:10+0200ngdc (en)

90 °N 60 °N 30 °N 0° 30 °S 60 °S 90 °S 90 °N 60 °N 30 °N 0° 30 °S 60 °S 90 °S 150°E120°E90°E60°E30°E0° 60°W90°W120°W150°W180° 150°E120°E90°E60°E30°E0° 60°W90°W120°W150°W180° Very Many Deaths (~1001 or more deaths) Many Deaths (~101 to 1000 deaths) Some Deaths (~51 to 100....

Earthquake today: a tremor was recorded in the municipality of Buenavista in Córdoba

2024-05-07T13:17+0200breakinglatest (en)

The Colombian Geological Service registered a new earthquake in the country. (Infobae/Jovani Pérez) An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 occurred on May 6 in the municipality of Buenavista, which is located in the department of Córdoba, according to information released by the Colombian Geological Service (SGC).

Moderate 4.9 quake hits near Tulcan, Cantón Tulcán, Carchi, Ecuador

2024-05-06T18:07+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake near Tulcan, Cantón Tulcán, Carchi, Ecuador , was reported only 16 minutes ago by The Colombian Geological Service (SGC), considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in this part of the world. The earthquake occurred at a very shallow depth of 2 km....

Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.4 reported 13 km northeast of Montelibano, Colombia

2024-05-06T17:47+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 occurred in the morning on Monday, May 6th, 2024, at 10:01 am local time near Montelibano, Montelíbano, Cordoba, Colombia, as reported by The Colombian Geological Service (SGC). According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a shallow depth of 29 km.

Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.9 just reported 38 km southeast of Tulcan, Ecuador

2024-05-06T17:47+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake near Tulcan, Cantón Tulcán, Carchi, Ecuador , was reported only 16 minutes ago by the Institute of Geophysics of the National Polytechnic School in Quito (IGEPN), considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in this part of the world.

Strong mag. 5.1 earthquake - 41 km southeast of Tulcan, Carchi, Ecuador, on Monday, May 6, 2024, at 10:32 am (GMT -5)

2024-05-06T17:47+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Pasto , a city with more than 380,000 inhabitants in Colombia , in 87 km (54 mi) distance north of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking.

Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - 34 km SE of San Gabriel, Ecuador, on Monday, May 6, 2024, at 10:17 am (Guayaquil time)

2024-05-06T17:47+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake near Tulcan, Cantón Tulcán, Carchi, Ecuador , was reported only 16 minutes ago by the Institute of Geophysics of the National Polytechnic School in Quito (IGEPN), considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in this part of the world.

Seismic-like event, possible earthquake, reported few minutes ago near Ibarra, Imbabura, Ecuador

2024-05-06T17:28+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

We are receiving unverified early reports of ground shaking possibly caused by seismic activity in or near Ibarra, Imbabura, Ecuador on 6 May 2024 (GMT) at approximately 15:18 GMT. There are no details yet on the magnitude or depth of this possible quake. If confirmed, we can expect more accurate data to emerge in the next few minutes.

Loreto: 4.7 magnitude earthquake recorded in Alto Amazonas

2024-05-06T15:46+0200breakinglatest (en)

Peru is one of the Latin American countries where earthquakes are constantly recorded. (EFE) The National Seismological Center (Censis) of the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP) recorded a magnitude 4.7 tremor this Sunday, May 5, with the epicenter in the city of Lagunas, in the province of Alto Amazonas in the department of Loreto.